Bed-rest exercise, activity restriction, and high-risk pregnancies: a feasibility study
This feasibility study investigated the response of maternal heart rate, blood pressure, and uterine contractions to a 30-min bed-rest exercise session (while listening to music) in hospitalized women with varying diagnoses of high-risk pregnancy. Eleven antenatal women who were hospitalized
for activity restriction were assigned randomly to either a bed-rest exercise and music group (n = 6) or a bed-rest and music group (n = 5) that involved no exercise. The key findings were that there were no changes in maternal blood pressure or in the number of uterine contractions
following the exercise intervention. A supervised bed-rest exercise intervention may, therefore, provide minimal risks and help alleviate the physiological effects of hospital activity restriction.
Keywords: activity restriction; activité musculaire; ante partum; antepartum; bed rest; exercice physique; exercise; grossesse; muscle conditioning; pregnancy; repos alité; restriction d’activités
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: 1: R. Samuel McLaughlin Foundation-Exercise and Pregnancy Laboratory, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada. 2: School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada. 3: St. Joseph’s Health Care London, London, ON, Canada.
Publication date: 17 August 2011
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